Rail-laying apparatus.



J. REINEHR.

RAIL LAYINGAPPARATUS. ArPLmATIoN FILED 11114.24. 1910.

Patented Sept. 17,1912.

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J. REINEHR. RAIL LAYING APPARATUS.

APPLIOATION FILED AUG. 24, 1910. v 1,038,654, l l Patented Sept. 17, 1912.

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RAIL LAYING APPARATUS.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 24. 191o.

Patented Sept. 17, 1912.

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UNITED STATES -PATENT Y OFFICE.

,TOI-IN REINEI-IR, OF SAVANNA, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO RAIL LAYING MACHINE COMPANY, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, A CORPORATION OF ILLINOIS.

RAIL-LAYING APPARATUS.

Specication of Letters Patent.

Patented sept. 17, 1912.

Application led August 24, 1910. Serial No. 578,762.

To all 'whom it may concern.'

Beit known that I, JOHN REINEI-m, a citizen of the United States, residing at Savanna, in the county of Carroll and State of Illinois, Yhave invented certain new and useful Improvements in RailLaying Ap paratus, of which the following is a speciiication.

My invention relates to rail lying apparatus of the general character shown in my Patent No. 498,023, `granted February 1, 1910; the apparatus therein disclosed being designed particularly for relaying railroad track, that is, making over old track by substituting new Vrails `in place of the old worn out rails.

The object of the present invention is to provide cert-ain improvements relating par ticularly to the truck or vehicle on which the rail handling apparatus is supported, which will be hereinafter described and claimed.

The invention in a preferred embodiment is illustrated in the accompanying drawings wherein- Figure l is a side elevation of the apparatus; Fig. 2 is a plan view of the same; Fig. 3 a sectional elevation taken on line 3-3 of Fig. 2, looking in the direction of .the arrows; Fig. 4 a similar view taken on Jfine 4 4 of Fig. 2; Fig. 5 a fragmentary sectional view taken on line 5-5 of Fig.

4, looking in the direction of the arrows.

Like characters of reference indicate like parts in the several figures of the drawings.

The apparatus consists in l(he preferred form shown of a truck which runs along the road-bed, a track'transversely placed on the truck and projecting from the same on the working side thereof, a carriage which runs back and forth on this track, a lever m0unted with a universal joint on the carriage, rail grappling apparatus carried on the end of said lever and means for preventing the truck from tilting when the carriage is run out on the projecting end of the track. The carriage, the lever and rail grappling means are described and claimed in my Patent No. 992,594 dated May 16, 1911, which is a division hereof, and therefore need not be described herein as they form no part of the invention claimed in the present application.

Referring now to the drawings, re resents the earth of the road-bed, 26 one o the cross ties, 27 one of the rails on the side of the track opposite the working side, (it being understood that. following the usualvr practice, the work is done separately on op.- posite sides of the track), 28 one of the new rails which is shown as lying on the shoulder outside of the ties, and 29 the position, shown in dottedlines, which this rail will eventually take. l

The truck, by, which term I intend to designate the car or carriage which runs on the road-bed, is preferably constructed as follows: 30 designates two I beams constituting the side frame members of the truck, to which are secured by stirrups 3l, the axles 32 of the truck, carrying, at one side of the truck, the fianged, preferably double flanged, wheels 33, and on the other side the broad tired noneflanged wheels 34 of greater diameter than wheels heels 33 run on the rails 27. Wheels 34 may be run directly upon the ties or over stringere placed on the ties. To the under side of the I beams 30, at each end, are secured the triangular plates 35, and to the under sides of these plates the transverse frame member angle bars 36. The axles 32 are preferably secured also to the plates 35 by means of stirrups 37. Secured on the upper flange of the I beams 30 are the short I beams 38, and cross-wise of these'beams are the angle irons 39 against which are abutted the rails 40 which rest upon the I beams 38 and upon which runs the carriage sustaining the rail handling apparatus. The rails 40 have secured to their under sides the clips 41 which engage under the upper ianges of the I beams 38.`

To the under side of the rails 40 are secured the forward triangular plates 42 to which is riveted the transverse angle iron 43, and the rear plates 44, to which is secured the angle iron 45. On the I beam 38 which is adjacent the plates 44, are two upstanding angle plates 46 and a similar pair of angle plates 47 are secured to the top of the angle iron 45. A link 48 is secured between the pairs of angle plates 46, 46 and 47, 47 by means of the pins 49 and cotters 50. By

this arrangement, the track consisting of the rails, plates 42 and 44 and angle irons 43 and 45 is held securely in position on the truck, but in such manner that it may be expeditiously removed when necessary-for example when the rail laying apparatus has to be tak-en from the railroad track to allow a train to pass. The tracks 40 are preferably provided at each end With stops formed by the curved strips or plates 51 secured to p the Webs of the-rails.

A arat-us of novel construction is nro- `the combination vvith a truck, of a transvided for preventing the truck from being tilted when the carriage supporting the rail handling'device is on the Working end of its`V track. This apparatus is made up othe following parts: On angle iron 45am the tivo angle plates 76 between Whichr'is pivoted,rby means ot a pin 77, a 'hanger 78 see particularly Fig.; 16)` and on this hanger isa plate 79 between which and the end of the-hanger is pivoted on the pin 8O the two'g'rapplingf-members 81 vwhich are adapted, when closed to extend around the oall of rail 27.V To the upper end'of the members 8l are pivoted the links 82 pivoted togetherY at their upper Aends and Vto the end'of the lever 83 which is fulcrumed on ak Vrail or held in their open position'above the rail. A Y f While I have described my improved rail laying machine 'in the form in Which `I l means adapted to prevent the tilting of the truck.

formand construction of the parts and-in f the particular mechanical mechanisms em ployed; therefore I do not limit myself to these particulars except as the same are j prefer to construct it, it will be obvious that there might be some change made in the made specilic limitations in certain of the claimsk herein. Y Y Y I claim: v

l. In apparatus Yof the character described,

versely arranged track, and means for reymovably securing theY track to the truck iiang'es of the truck side members, and aY removable .link which holds said track in position on the truck.

3. In 'apparatus ofthe character described, the combination with a tru'clrconrV prising side memberscomposed of I beams,

a track comprising rails and cross pieces connecting said rails together, transverse members on the I beams Whichvprevent the spreading of the rails, clips on the under side of said rails adapted to engage Wit-h the flanges of said I beams, and a link secured to one of said I beams and to said track. Y j 1 4. In apparatus Vof the characterl describech the combination With a truck, of a transversely varranged track, ymeans for re-V movably securing the track to the truck comprising clips and a removable link, and

, JOHN REINEHR. Witnesses: v

P. II. TRUMAN,

EDWIN JOHNSON,-

Gopie: of this patent may beI obtained for Vve centseach, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents. Washington, D. C.

- It is hereby oertiiied that in Letters Patent No. 1,038,654, granted September 17',

1912, upon the application of John Reinehr, of Savanna, Illinois, for an improvement in Rail-Laying Apparatus, an error appears in the printed specification requiring correction as follows: Page 1, line 11, fdr' the number 498,023 read 948,023; and that the said Letters Patent should be read With this correction therein that the same may conform to the record of the case in the Patent Ofliee.

Signed and sealed this 22d day of October, A. D., 1912.

[SEAL] C. C. BILLINGS,

Acting 00mm/eetbaar of Patents. 

